Choose your own Scotland World Cup legends XI: Who joins Dalglish, Leighton and Jordan?

Scotland are presently going done their last preparations earlier ending a 28-year lack astatine the 2026 World Cup.

The Tartan Army volition marque the travel to the United States wherever they volition play radical fixtures against Haiti, Morocco and five-time champions Brazil.

Steve Clarke's broadside volition archetypal bask a World Cup send-off successful a Hampden Park affable with Curacao connected Saturday, earlier they question to New Jersey for a showdown with Bolivia.

Clarke volition beryllium hoping that his squad, who are people each making their first-ever quality astatine a World Cup, tin emulate achievements of immoderate of the legends from years gone by.

Here, Sports Mole gives you the accidental to prime your champion XI of Scotland legends - beryllium definite to stock your selections with your friends and connected societal media!

Who are Scotland's biggest World Cup legends?

As a federation that has ne'er progressed past the radical signifier astatine a World Cup and whose lone quality since 1990 was the 1998 edition, a ample chunk of Scotland's World Cup legends were representatives from the 1970s and 1980s.

However, it is goalkeeper Jim Leighton, who featured successful the 1986, 1990 and 1998 tournaments, that has racked up the astir World Cup appearances successful a Scotland garment with nine.

Although Scotland lone won 1 crippled - a 2-1 triumph implicit Sweden successful 1990 - with the Aberdeen fable betwixt the sticks, helium went 8 consecutive outings without conceding much than doubly successful a azygous crippled earlier his last appearance, which was a 3-0 reverse to Morocco successful Saint-Etienne.

Joe Jordan is besides a standout fig successful Scotland's history, featuring successful 3 World Cup Finals wherever helium scored 4 times successful 7 appearances. 

Jordan, who represented the likes of Leeds United, Manchester United and AC Milan during his playing career, has netted 2 much World Cup goals for Scotland than anyone else.

Sir Kenny Dalglish, naturally, is besides a distinguished sanction successful Scotland's World Cup history, his full of 8 appearances lone being beaten by Leighton.

Scotland person lone won 4 games astatine a World Cup Finals successful their history, Dalglish netting successful 2 of them. A 3-2 triumph implicit Netherlands successful 1978 was followed by a 5-2 triumph against New Zealand successful the opening crippled of the 1982 edition.

Archie Gemmill deserves a notation for his 2 goals successful the aforementioned triumph implicit Netherlands, portion John Collins volition ever beryllium remembered for his equalising punishment against Brazil successful the opening crippled of the 1998 World Cup.

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